WINNIPEG | Portage Place Redevelopment
Portage Place Redevelopment
Location: 393 Portage Ave Architects: ARK / PETROFF Developer: Starlight Investments Status: In development stage Media: Portage Place to undergo up to $400-M retrofit, multi-income residential towers added Description: $400m+ retrofit of exisiting mall; two 20-storey rental residential towers with 500 to 550, new shopping, office spaces, and as a pedestrian-friendly courtyard https://i.imgur.com/NlmTBfU.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/JI6R4IJ.jpg • Development of a Complete Community | • Active Mixed-useUrban Landmark | • Diverse Mixed-use Programthat integrates live, work,learn, shop and pla • Local Markets,Pop-up Programming,Seasonal Events,Concerts and Gatherings • Purpose-built Multi-Familyand Student Rentals;+/-600 units | • Indigenous StudentFamily Housing• Seniors Aging-in-Place Model • Purpose-built Market and Targeted Rental Housing as a catalyst forlive/work/play model increasing vibrancy, activity,security and safety in the downtown core • CPTED principles | • Street-related Retail | • Illuminated Elevated Exterior Skywalk | • Eyes and Ears on the Streetwith Outward Facing Retailand Commercial Spaces | • Street Linkage • Elevated Skywalk system relocates circulation from the building interior to the exterior public realm • Ground-related Pedestrian Walkways relocates circulation from the building interior to the exterior public realm integrating street fabric and transit • Grocery Store and Local Markets | • Child Care and Elder Care | • Community Health Hub and Professional Services | • Community Gardens, Green Roofs, Urban Farm • Commercial and Office Spaces • Adaptive Re-use of Major Downtown Facility | • LEED Gold or Equivalent targeted | • Micro climate Support for year-round public comfort-wind, solar and shadow | • Green and Reflective Roof • Locally Sourced Durable Materials | • Focus on Health and Well-being, Daylight, Building Orientation https://i.imgur.com/5trEbla.jpg • Local Markets, Pop-up Programming, Seasonal Events, Concerts and Gatherings https://i.imgur.com/pKeZRE8.jpg • Pedestrian linkages at grade reconnect the city and bring a human-scale to Portage Place, dividing the existing massing into distinct elements https://i.imgur.com/0EyYzMY.jpg • Existing street fabric –Kennedy and Edmonton Streets extend through the site as pedestrian connections knitting north and south Winnipeg together https://i.imgur.com/NUY50mc.jpg • Urban Squares and Courtyards transform the new pedestrian connections into all-season public realm open space • Landscaped Public Realm | • Welcoming spaces and amenities for local community including public spaces for gathering, sitting,relaxing and visiting https://i.imgur.com/Lq9Bbd2.jpg https://i.imgur.com/wD5bdvD.jpg Quote:
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Portage Place sale receives final government approval
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I just drove by there today. As always there was about a dozen people hanging out smoking in front of the back entrance. I hope they do something about it. If they are going to build a place for students, It doesn't seem safe for students to have those people just hanging around there all the time. Specially for females students.
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I don’t think Starlight is going to invest $300M to continue having the riff raft hanging around there. The food court will be eliminated in its current state, maybe a high end food hall will replace it, since True North’s was downsized from their initial vision with Lotteries there is room to support another.
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This is great news. I'm looking forward to seeing the redevelopment plans when they are announced.
Glad i didn't panic when the review was announced...i have enough grey hairs already ;) |
high end food hall? I highly doubt that. there's many many nice place to eat lunch in downtown area closer to P&M where many "high end" people work. IG have their own subsidized food court that employees just love.
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If Portage Place food court staffed it with security that enforced a "no outside food" rule and limited tables to say 30 minutes with purchase from a food court vendor a lot of the issues would go away.
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The same one that harass people for change all day every day. You can pretend everything is peaches and cream in that area all you want. Thats why things never improve in Winnipeg, it is easier to look the other way. |
I pass through Portage Place quite often and I rarely, practically never see the people smoking out back in the act of panhandling/begging. I suspect it's because doing so gets you booted off the property.
Portage Avenue itself is obviously a different story. |
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sarcasym aside it adds to the problem the mall is having....
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I've worked downtown for over a decade and commuted through downtown years prior to university. I have literally never felt unsafe by anyone who has asked me for change. I politely decline and they move on. The problem with downtown isn't the impoverished, it's people like you who assume anyone who is impoverished or asks for change is also a criminal looking to attack everyone and anyone. |
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I haven't noticed begging or panhandling in Portage Place or other general harassment of people at the mall, but I get the impression that there has been an uptick in shoplifting. I've noticed more incidents where people are being restrained, and I have also noticed that the security guards at various stores look, for lack of a better term, more aggressive... the disinterested guards of the past have been replaced with very vigilant guys who look like they could be wrestlers. I'm sure there's a good reason for that.
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People can accuse me of all they want, doesn't change the fact there is a serious problem. The problems in and around portage place are well documented. Why are people in such denial about this? |
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I went to PP for the first time in over a year a couple weeks ago to check it out with my girlfriend, and within minutes of walking around a group of women yelled at us "Hey you wanna buy some kush!?". Not saying I am against smoking weed or anything but come on it's pretty sketchy. A few minutes later we saw security escorting someone else out of the mall... |
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